Legal Aid of Western Missouri held their Birthday Party with a Purpose on October 17th at the Boulevard Brewing Company. More than 120 supporters, community leaders, staff members, and volunteer attorneys gathered to celebrate six decades of providing legal services to vulnterable individuals with low incomes. For the past 60 years, Legal Aid has been…
2022 Donations & 2020-22 Pledges DEFENDERS OF JUSTICE Defenders of Justice are the law firms that donated at the $325 per attorney level each year of our 2020-2022 Justice for All Bar Campaign. Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP 3-year pledge of $268,125 Stinson, LLP 3-year pledge of $136,500 Spencer Fane, LLP 3-year pledge of $62,400…
What is the Urban Homesteading Program? This is for individuals who can fix up a house that is currently in very bad condition. Who qualifies for the Urban Homesteading Program? People with construction skills and experience working on repairing homes, as well as enough regular income to rehabilitate a home. Applicants are also required…
Urban homesteading is a unique opportunity for individuals with construction skills and/or experience in home repair to acquire and rehab homes in poor condition. Eligible properties are truly abandoned and cannot be purchased or otherwise acquired. The houses must be 1. Vacant for at least six months continuously; 2. Delinquent on taxes for at least two…
THANK YOU PRO BONO ATTORNEYS During this season of gratitude, we want to take this opportunity to let you know you’re appreciated. Although your extraordinary gift of service means more than words can express, we can say: it is because of you that problems have been solved, it is because of you that lives have been changed, and…
Download Media Release Legal Aid of Western Missouri has selected Alicia M. Johnson as its new Executive Director. Johnson assumed the role Aug. 18, 2021. Johnson first joined Legal Aid in 2010 and has served as the Deputy Executive Director for the past seven years. In the Deputy Executive Director role, Johnson oversaw the Central…
Looking back, 2020 seems like a blur – one crisis after another. But through it all, you were there providing encouragement, volunteering, and giving. Thanks to you, we were able to get justice for more than 10,000 individuals and children in our community. You can read all about it in our 2020 annual report.
Let’s go steady! You know, we’ve been friends for a while now and it’s clear that we work really well together. What if we took this thing to the next level? As a member of our monthly donor community, HEROES OF JUSTICE, we could work together every single month to advance justice, promote change, and…
It’s National Pro Bono Week! Legal Aid of Western Missouri and its Volunteer Attorney Project want to take this opportunity to thank all our attorney volunteers for their dedication to providing pro bono services and applaud their outstanding contributions. Last year alone, they donated more than 6,000 hours of legal services. From our solo practitioners…
We invite you to become a Hero of Justice (monthly donor). Monthly giving is the simplest, most effective way for you to support our work. Timely and predictable, monthly gifts allow us to accurately budget for the resources we need to accomplish specific tasks and goals. The more monthly donors we have, the more dollars…